40 BC Chr.
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| 40 BC Chr. In other calendars | |
| Buddhist calendar | 504/505 (southern Buddhism); 503/504 (alternative calculation according to Buddha's Parinirvana ) |
| Chinese calendar | 44th (45th) cycle , year of the metal snake辛巳 ( at the beginning of the year metal dragon 庚辰) |
| Greek calendar | 4th year of the 184th / 1st Year of the 185th Olympiad |
| Jewish calendar | 3721/22 (29/30 Sextilis (August)) |
| Roman calendar | from urbe condita DCCXIV (714) |
| Seleucid era | Babylon: 271/272 (turn of the year April); Syria: 272/273 (New Year October) |
| Vikram Sambat (Nepalese Calendar) | 17/18 (turn of the year April) |
Events
Politics and world events
Roman Empire
- February: Oktavian wins the Peruvian War .
- Autumn: The 2nd triumvirate divides the Roman Empire in the Treaty of Brundisium : Octavian receives the west, Marcus Antonius the east and Lepidus Africa.
- Marcus Antonius marries the recently widowed Octavia Minor .
- At the request of the Tribune Falcidius, the Falcidian law is enacted. It regulates the amount of a compulsory portion in Roman inheritance law .
Parthian Empire
- The Parthians conquer under I. Pacorus large parts of Syria and Koilesyriens to the Mediterranean coast , including Jerusalem , and Antigonus , the last ruler of the sex of the Hasmoneans is, for a short time king and high priest of Judea .
religion
- October: Mark Antony is inaugurated as the first Flemish Divi Iulii , priest of Divus Iulius , the deified Gaius Iulius Caesar .
Born
- Alexander Helios , son of Cleopatra VII and Marcus Antonius
- Cleopatra Selene , Numidian queen, twin sister of Alexander Helios († around 6 AD)
Died
- Gaius Claudius Marcellus , Roman politician (* around 95 BC )
- Lucius Decidius Saxa , Roman politician
- Deiotaros , Roman general
- Quintus Fufius Calenus , Roman politician
- Fulvia , Roman patrician (* around 80 BC )
- Quintus Salvidienus Rufus Salvius , Roman politician and general
- Shimon ben Shetach , Jewish scholar (* around 120 BC )
- around 40 BC Chr .: Gaius Antonius Hybrida , Roman politician (* around 106 BC )
- around 40 BC Chr .: Servilia Caepionis , Roman patrician
- around 40 BC Chr .: Alexander Polyhistor , Greek scholar (* around 100 BC )
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